Teachers Not Wanting to Go Back in Person

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Anonymous wrote:Guys, I am one of the PPs - by Sept. most adult AND teachers should be vaccinated, right? So, my point is that at that point, there is no reason to not open schools and I cannot accept any further reasoning from teachers/ their union for not teaching in-person. Now, if you are a parent who does not want to send your kid to school, feel free to keep them home/ homeschool. But do NOT force the rest of us to do the same.

I agree.
FCPS Elementary Teacher

But seriously; those who want to go to school, let them go. Those who want to keep their kids home, let them do that too. It would be quite easy to arrange this. Kids studying from home could zoom in and watch the live instruction in class.

No. This is not so easy (unless the teacher ignores those watching) and is not very effective for those at home.

FCPS Elementary Teacher

I understand it requires some work, but it is doable; I heard so. At least those who want to be at school can. Another option is for teachers who are ready to go back to school teach those kids who want to go to school. And the teachers who want to keep teaching from home can teach the kids who prefer DL.

You heard so? What do you envision beyond a teacher lecturing to a class? I hope this is not how you picture an elementary school classroom.

I have been teaching from school since September. I wanted to go back face to face in September. Simply watching live classroom instruction from home doesn’t cut it. Teaching elementary students is not done in a lecture format and even that would not make watching from home effective long term. The students don’t interact. They leave their computer. The teacher’s attention is split between those in school and home. Have you tried to do what you envision with a class of 6, 7 or 8 year olds?

Well, I am a parent, so it is not for me to organize this. Schools/teachers should. But I know it's doable. Our goal here should be to come up with viable options and move ahead, not to try proving why it is NOT doable.

You know it’s doable how? You are dictating something in which you have no experience.

Some things just aren’t doable. I can’t effectively teach elementary students by having them “watch live instruction in class”. If you want to go with your second plan where students at home ar taught by a virtual-only teacher then that might work, but not the former. Ultimately and ideally they need to be in the classroom.

I am fine with either options as long as my kids can back to school. But it should not be my job to resolve this.

Just as it is not the school’s job to solve your childcare problems, your child’s issues with socialization, your child’s issues with lack of physical activity, etc. Amazing how this goes both ways.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are allowed to value their health more than some random kid's education. Something is wrong with a teacher if the teacher values a kid's education more than their own health. Give it a rest, angry parents. Get some therapy, develop a value system, and start to realize that it isn't all about you.

- Signed, a Parent

I agree! If a teacher isn't comfortable teaching in person despite being prioritized for vaccines, then she needs to find a different career.

Then who will teach the children? Places are desperate for teachers, look on the careers page for the counties. They are trying to lure back retired teachers. All these flippant remarks that teachers should just quit or be fired are so ridiculous.

Yes, but the nasty comments make the entitled parents FEEEL so good when they type them and helps them pretend to have power, and really, that's what's important.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are allowed to value their health more than some random kid's education. Something is wrong with a teacher if the teacher values a kid's education more than their own health. Give it a rest, angry parents. Get some therapy, develop a value system, and start to realize that it isn't all about you.

- Signed, a Parent

I agree! If a teacher isn't comfortable teaching in person despite being prioritized for vaccines, then she needs to find a different career.

Then who will teach the children? Places are desperate for teachers, look on the careers page for the counties. They are trying to lure back retired teachers. All these flippant remarks that teachers should just quit or be fired are so ridiculous.

Yes, but the nasty comments make the entitled parents FEEEL so good when they type them and helps them pretend to have power, and really, that's what's important.

Yep!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

+1 But we're definitely and defiantly NOT SORRY. It is our choice to keep our kids home during a pandemic. They're happy and learning. Deal with it shriekers and screamers. We don't have to send our kids to school just because you're losing it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are allowed to value their health more than some random kid's education. Something is wrong with a teacher if the teacher values a kid's education more than their own health. Give it a rest, angry parents. Get some therapy, develop a value system, and start to realize that it isn't all about you.

- Signed, a Parent

I agree! If a teacher isn't comfortable teaching in person despite being prioritized for vaccines, then she needs to find a different career.

How many teachers are there that feel this way? I think it is a very, very small percentage.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are allowed to value their health more than some random kid's education. Something is wrong with a teacher if the teacher values a kid's education more than their own health. Give it a rest, angry parents. Get some therapy, develop a value system, and start to realize that it isn't all about you.

- Signed, a Parent

I agree! If a teacher isn't comfortable teaching in person despite being prioritized for vaccines, then she needs to find a different career.

How many teachers are there that feel this way? I think it is a very, very small percentage.

There are definite staffing constraints in DC due to liberal ADA accommodations that have been extended through the school year. Teachers, if they volunteered to go in, where eligible for the vaccine starting Feb. 1. Otherwise they were eligible March 1. Now, there's a bit of a delay in getting fully immunized, but teachers should be able to be fully immunized by Term 4 which starts April 13. However, we still have staff shortages. So that tells me that there are a significant number of teachers unwilling to come to work in person even after being vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

+1 But we're definitely and defiantly NOT SORRY. It is our choice to keep our kids home during a pandemic. They're happy and learning. Deal with it shriekers and screamers. We don't have to send our kids to school just because you're losing it.

You’re the one shouting on the Internet and we’re the “shriekers and screamers” who are “losing it”? You know what projection is, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

But your's will be short-changed. Guarantee it. There is simply no way that kids at home can have the same or as good of an experience. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

+1 But we're definitely and defiantly NOT SORRY. It is our choice to keep our kids home during a pandemic. They're happy and learning. Deal with it shriekers and screamers. We don't have to send our kids to school just because you're losing it.

You’re the one shouting on the Internet and we’re the “shriekers and screamers” who are “losing it”? You know what projection is, right?

I do find it amusing that the PP is always histrionic. Also, defiantly is one of my favorite typos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

But your's will be short-changed. Guarantee it. There is simply no way that kids at home can have the same or as good of an experience. Sorry.

Are you kidding me with that? DP.

Our kids are having a MUCH better experience at home than they have had at school. No more class time lost to knuckleheads who are acting out and needing attention. No more having to sit through the teacher reviewing material yet again because some yoyo was in the bathroom for the 40th time that day and came back needing to find out how to log in to the app they were using. No more having work interrupted because some kid thought it would be funny to fart and then start passing gas continuously. All of those knuckleheads have been completely minimized with DL. Good riddance.

The kids who are left are getting a first class education and staying on track. More power to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

Depends on the district. In ours, the DL kids will be enrolled in centralized classes (not local school based) and secondary students will not have all elective options. They’ll also the numbers are capped and you have to be approved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

Depends on the district. In ours, the DL kids will be enrolled in centralized classes (not local school based) and secondary students will not have all elective options. They’ll also the numbers are capped and you have to be approved.

MoCo is never going to do that. For one thing, a large percentage of the DL kids will have special needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

But your's will be short-changed. Guarantee it. There is simply no way that kids at home can have the same or as good of an experience. Sorry.

Are you kidding me with that? DP.

Our kids are having a MUCH better experience at home than they have had at school. No more class time lost to knuckleheads who are acting out and needing attention. No more having to sit through the teacher reviewing material yet again because some yoyo was in the bathroom for the 40th time that day and came back needing to find out how to log in to the app they were using. No more having work interrupted because some kid thought it would be funny to fart and then start passing gas continuously. All of those knuckleheads have been completely minimized with DL. Good riddance.

The kids who are left are getting a first class education and staying on track. More power to them.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once adults are vaccinated, if you want your kids learning at home then pull them and homeschool. This has always been an option.

No, thank you. We don't have to do that and we won't. We will utilize the distance learning which the district will provide as long as we have unvaccinated students in a pandemic.

Guess your precious in-person kids will just have to share resources. Sorry.

Depends on the district. In ours, the DL kids will be enrolled in centralized classes (not local school based) and secondary students will not have all elective options. They’ll also the numbers are capped and you have to be approved.

MoCo is never going to do that. For one thing, a large percentage of the DL kids will have special needs.

DP. I'm not arguing, but do you have a source for that?